Brain Bee Chapter 1 - Jacey

Question 1

Name the three types of neurons

Answer 1

motor, interneuron and sensory neuron

Question 2

Name what sensory neurons do

Answer 2

detect and
respond to different attributes of the internal and external
environment.

Question 3

name what motor neurons do

Answer 3

controls the activity of muscles

Question 4

name what interneurons do

Answer 4

mediate simple reflexes as well as being responsible for the highest functions of the brain.

Question 5

what are the two processes?

Answer 5

dendrites and axons

Question 6

both dendrites and axons participate in the specialized contacts called _____

Answer 6

synapses

Question 7

how are neurons organized?

Answer 7

into complex chains and networks

Question 8

what are the two functions of the spinal chord?

Answer 8

seating simple reflexes and rapid withdrawal

Question 9

true or false? the basic nervous system is true for all vertebrates

Answer 9

true

Question 10

the brain consists of which two main parts?

Answer 10

brain stem and cerebral hemispheres

Question 11

what are the divisions of the brain stem?

Answer 11

hindbrain, midbrain and diencephalon

Question 12

the hindbrain is an extension of the _____

Answer 12

spinal chord

Question 13

what does the hindbrain contain?

Answer 13

networks of neurons

Question 14

what does the midbrain contain?

Answer 14

groups of neurons

Question 15

name the two division of the diencephalon

Answer 15

thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 16

what does the thalamus do?

Answer 16

relays impulses from all sensory systems to the cerebral cortex

Question 17

what does the hypothalamus do?

Answer 17

controls functions such as eating and drinking.

Question 18

what do the cerebral hemispheres consist of?

Answer 18

core, basal ganglia and thin sheet of neurons

Question 19

_____ play a central role in the initiation and

control of movement.

Answer 19

basal ganglia

Question 20

what is the corpus collosum?

Answer 20

a large fibre tract

Question 21

the cerebral cortex is required for _______

Answer 21

voluntary actions

Question 22

these functions are carried out by _____ sides of the brain

Answer 22

both